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Prozac may still be the best AD out there

Posted by 3 Beer Effect on January 5, 2005, at 22:45:47

In reply to best medication for rejection sensitivity?, posted by chess on January 4, 2005, at 18:37:01

Although the MAOIs (especially Nardil) are the most effective for rejection sensitivity, it is difficult to find a doctor that is willing to prescribe them. I have never come across one.

Have you read the book Listening to Prozac by Peter Kramer? It has a whole chapter about rejection sensitivity. I believe that rejection sensitivity is cured best by enhancing Serotonin by itself which is why Nardil works better than Parnate among people with avoidant personality disorder (Parnate has a greater effect on Norepinephrine & to a lesser extent some effect on Dopamine). Additionally, I took selegeline/l-deprenyl by itself which affects dopamine & it mainly causes anxiety with no decrease in depression.

I think the best choice for the shy or timid is one of the SSRIs. The effect of SSRIs is about the same as 1.5 beers, not quite the 3 beer effect I have been looking for, but better than nothing & without the awful dumb drug & addictive effects caused by Benzos (which are said to make you 10% dumber). I currently take generic Prozac 20mg & it gives a wonderful boost to your self-esteem & generally make you more outgoing (although sometimes you burst out things without thinking about them first = foot in mouth). I used to take Zoloft & it had a similar effect atleast at 100 mg. If those are too stimulating you could always take Paxil or Celexa instead, although the thing I like about Prozac is that it does not cause the "dumbness" that Zoloft, Celexa, or Paxil caused me. It is also good to drink a tall glass of milk at night to keep tryptophan levels up (but do not take 5htp with an SSRI you will regret it!) & help with SSRI insomnia & also take a centrum multivitamin at night with your milk & take 400 mcg of folic acid in the morning which in studies seemed to help Prozac work better.

The main downside to Prozac Zoloft & Paxil & to a much lesser extent Celexa is the sexual side effect of anorgasmia is pretty awful. It is much easier to meet women on Prozac BUT they do tend to get frustrated when it takes atleast a half an hour to one hour to finish, if you can finish! Also, you have to give up alcohol entirely because even 2 beers are enough to almost totally erase the effects of ssris & send you reeling back into depression.

Cheers,
3 Beer Effect


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